Lucy’s Man wins the Balanced Image Trot

Rain Showers may have deterred some harness racing fans from attending but the Balanced Image final was an exciting one.

Hanover Raceway played host to a Hanover Hospital Foundation fundraiser with well over 3,000 made towards the purchase of some emergency equipment.

There were 6 blanket sponsorships a 1600 dollar 50-50 winner, and a Corn Roast during the races, the highlight of which was the $61,400 dollar Balanced Image final.

Parkhill No Credit trained by John Bax and driven by Steve Byron was first off the gate, but an unfortunate break after a quarter in 29.3, allowed Rosberg part owned and trained by Julie Walker formerly of Owen Sound to inherited the lead past the half in 1:00.3 and the 3/4s in 1:30.4. However the 2 year old son of Manofmanymissions failed to finish the job resulted in a 3 wide race to the finish won by Lucy's Man in 2:00.4.

Lucy's Man is a son of Muscle Mass and is owned by a numbered Ottawa company. Lucy's Man is trained by Tan Micallef and driven to victory by Anthony Macdonald of Guelph despite his 7 starting position.

Afterwards, Macdonald said it was hard to prepare for the race when you start from the 7 hole but he knew he had a talented horse. He said he managed to get away infront of the 5 and 6 horses which was his goal, and he wasn't sure how much Brad Forward had left with Rosberg but he knew his horse was going to be strong down the stretch.

Early breaks by Parkhill No Credit, Lady Justice, Mister Bianco, and Scene a Magician also helped his cause.

The hospital foundation also held a Human Sulky Race with 3 teams taking part. The staff at the Hanover hospital X-ray department and the Hanover Oldtimers and Goodtimers hockey teams took part with the Goodtimers coming out on top.

Hanover Raceway has 1 month left of live racing, including Saturday September 3rd with a post time of 7:15pm.